Beckham Creek Cave Lodge in Parthenon, Arkansas is easily the most unique vacation rental we’ve ever experienced! It’s located in Northwest Arkansas, just outside of Ozark National Forest and Buffalo National River.
We worked in partnership with the lodge manager, Rayne Davidson, and with the owners to be able to stay here for several days for the purposes of creating this film. It was awesome not only to be able to see the place, but to actually live at the lodge for a few days to get the full experience! And they even allowed us to invite family (one brother from Nashville, another brother and his family from Dallas). Staying at the lodge also afforded us the opportunity to film in a variety of weather conditions, from beautiful sunrises to misty mornings to stormy afternoons to brisk evenings around the firepit.
If you’re looking for a cool and unique vacation experience, you should definitely consider this place! You can check availability and book your stay through their website: http://www.beckhamcave.com
We’re very thankful to Rayne, who was wonderful to work with! She was so hospitable, and even acted as our tour guide, showing us cool hiking spots and caves (more than just Beckham Cave!), arranging ziplining, horseback riding, and canoeing, and overall just making sure we had a great experience while there.
We also want to thank Horseshoe Canyon Ranch for the ziplining and horseback riding adventures! They’re a wonderful group of people who offer all-inclusive vacations at their ranch, allowing guests to participate in the many outdoor activities that they have. Please check out their website at: http://www.gohcr.com
A little about the project itself:
This film was two years in the making! We first heard of Beckham Creek in 2017 when it was for sale and went viral. At the time, I reached out to the realty company to inquire about making a video, but nothing came from that inquiry.
Then a couple of months ago we were making plans to go to Nashville for a wedding, and Beckham Creek Cave Lodge popped into my head again, so I looked it up and saw that it had been developed into a vacation rental. So I reached out to them and started a conversation with Rayne, and within a few days we had arranged for us to stay there.
The equipment used for this film:
Panasonic GH5
Voigtlander 25mm f0.95 lens
Voigtlander 10.5mm f0.95 lens
DJI Mavic 2 Pro
Nebula 5100 Slant gimbal
Syrp Genie slider
RODE Stereo Mic X
The song for this film is “Bloom” by Tony Anderson. It was licensed through www.musicbed.com.
All footage is copyrighted to Blue Mantle Films. If you’d like to use portions of this film, please reach out and we can discuss specifics.
31 Comments
Belo filme, belas imagens
Nice.
wow tht pllace is beautiful nxt time i wld advise filming the property n surroundings not hipsters n their kids laugh — the people being added in gave this an eerie cringe feeling one cannot shake off
Overproduced
Blue MantleFilms, I would like to ask permission if I can use some footage of your video at Beckham Cave during our visit for my cooking blog video. I will give credit to your video if permitted by you . Thank you. Nice work .
Wow, and they've changed things up even just since you made your video! Just went for 3 days with my family in September. Honestly, even with this great of a video, people wont be able to grasp the magic of that place unless they see it for themselves. Oh, and the power went out on us at 4am for 3 hours and we were in the master deep in the cave.. and WOWWWWW I have never been in absolute darkness like that where my eyes can't pick up any light whatsoever and the silence… it was crazy how quiet it got when all the dehumidifiers and geothermal units shut off. A+++ drone footage
Anyone Noticed Water Drops @ 0:37 and you can see waters on the floor.. maybe not a good sign?
I’m there rn
Meus parabéns! Belíssimo trabalho!! Estou querendo me aperfeiçoar nessa área também. Vou usar esse vídeo como inspiração.
WOW !!!
Dude amazing
Amazing video! We live in Southwest Missouri… We're going to have to check out this place for a family reunion someday. Thanks!
Coolest place I've ever seen
How many bedrooms and how many can this accommodate?
Snakes, spiders, venomous insects, bats, crawlers, humidity, pneumonia, infections, deseases…
As much as it looks beautiful, all i see are complications.. And i am an outdoor person
It is now my ambition to stay here. Forever.
Ive actualy been to this place before and its so beautiful like no other
Hola i bon dia, estic veient aquest vídeo des de Sant Esteve Sesrovires – Barcelona-CATALUNYA. Gràcies per al seu Programa!
Batman got jeleous after seeing this
A piece of heaven call home. I'm so envy of them.
Love it, I just don’t know if I could handle all the drips, all over this cave.
I wanted to book for 2022 but their completely booked the whole year
I stayed here for 3 nights it was aswome. The owners let us go back in to the cave to see the creek. Michel jackons used to play in a club here. The owners are planing to put hobit holes as overflow places because there are two 3-2 low water briges that u have to cross. There is a netflix show that shows it in one of the episodes. It was a berwery at one point. We got to ride around and see the drop off caves wher is you got it right and threw a rock down you couldent hear it hit the bottem. A spulunker fell 30 feet. he fell through a flase floor in a place called the "devils dancefloor" it is a cavern in the 1 mile long cave thatis about the size of a foot ball feild. Thats all i really know but Awsome work
I absolutely love it
2200$$ a night
Can you turn off the water dipping from the ceiling? Because that must be obnoxious 😭
This music makes this feel like the cheesiest and worst commercial ever that just keeps going and going
Beautiful place, I also like the beautiful music, amazing ❤️
ThIS IS MY DAILY DREAM!!!! Are there HOT SPRINGS?! I thought I had to build it myself!
How much would it cost to make this in California?
film was fire literally